Hot hot holiday

We’re up at Hawks Nest again, one of our favourite holiday spots.
We’ve rented an apartment with a balcony overlooking the surf beach. We’ve been swimming in the surf and at the much calmer Jimmys Beach on the Nelson Bay side. It’s been a hot 38 degrees but the water is lovely  – 23 degrees. 
 It is out of season so the place is quiet – apart from the golf course which seems to have a seniors special week. The fairways are clogged with ancient wizened club-wielders, spoiling the game prospects for us young people.
Plenty of wildlife. A bunch of quail have been pottering around, magpies have visited to take food, there’s a lovely sea eagle that soars by and we’ve seen some birds with long curvy beaks, possibly sandpipers. Pelicans, of course.
Dolphins have gone past just a couple of metres from shore and we saw a pair of stingrays wandering along in the shallows.  There was a big goanna dashing under the car at one place. No koalas yet!
We slotted in this holiday week because next Monday Jan goes into hospital for a hip replacement. She should be out again after three days, but full recovery may take three months. This involves a certain amount of home nursing by myself (should I get a uniform?) as well as plenty of cooking and cleaning. Sigh! 
Still, I’m sure she’ll be a model patient and won’t make unreasonable demands.